Country: Mellerup, Randers, & Nord- og Vestjylland, Denmark
Type: longways progressive set dance
Formation: any number of couples in longways set, M to R, W to L as seen from the front. Couples are numbered 1, 2, 3, etc.
Steps: vals (waltz)
Sheet music: (1) 358:252,
(2) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Legestuen.
5 opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1983, p. 45.
(3) Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme/ Gamle danse fra Randersegnen. 4 opl.
København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1997, p. 40.
Recordings:
De Fredericia Spillemænd [Internet Archive];
De Nordiske Spillemænd En aften med De Nordiske Spillemænd track A2;
De Nordiske Spillemænd 2 (CBS 80474, 1974) track A8.
| Bars | Part | Dance progression |
| 1-8 | (a) | Circle: Couples 1 and 2 form closed circle and move CW, 8 waltz steps. |
| 1-4 | (b) | Half chain & circle: Beginning with L foot, couples 1 and 2 half-chain across, without giving hands,
but turning twice round CW (over R shoulder). 4 waltz steps.
[The Legestue source describes this as a standard half-chain across, giving hands.] |
| 5-8 | Couples 1 and 2 form closed circle and move CW half-way round to return to place. 4 waltz steps. | |
| |;9-16:| | (c) | Waltz: Couples 1 and 2 form take waltz hold with partner, and dance [2-1/2 times] around each other with 16 waltz steps.
Couplea 1 and 2 finish in original lines, having progressed. |
| Repeat from (a) as desired.
At the first repeat, couple 1 dances with couple 4 [sic] and couple 3 with couple 5 [sic], while couple 2 rests. The 'Legestue' source states: When the dance begins again, couple 1 dances with couple 3 and couple 2 rests. The next time, couple 1 dances with couple 4 while couple 2 dances with couple 3, etc., until all couples are back in their original places. If the lines are long, couples 1 and 2, 3 and 4, etc. can all begin simultaneously.] |
Sources:
-- Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme/ Gamle danse fra Randersegnen. 4 opl.
København: Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme, 1997, p. 40.
-- Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme (FFF)/ Legestuen.
5 opl. København: Foreningen til Folkdansens Fremme, 1983, pp. 45-46.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville, 2020-05-15, rev. 2022-02-14.
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